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Friends season 1 episode 7: vocabulary

«The One with the Blackout». 1,950 words spoken, 435 different words. Here are the ones worth learning before you watch.

A typical learner knows this share of the words spoken in the episode:

Your levelFamiliar wordsNew words per episode
A2≈ 92%≈ 71
B1≈ 95%≈ 40
B2≈ 97%≈ 22

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Sorted by how often they are said in the episode. Character names are left out.

B1 words in this episode B1

gumsoft pink part around your teeth9
perfectionstate of being without any mistakes5
passionvery strong feeling of love or interest4
zonearea that is different from other areas4
negativebad, or saying no3
sticklong thin piece of wood3
powerability to control or do things2
trappednot able to get out or move away2
weirdvery strange and different from normal2
offerto say you will give or do something2
choketo have trouble breathing because something blocks2
absolutelycompletely, fully, yes for sure2
sexbeing male or female2
proudfeeling good about what you or someone else did1
realizeto suddenly understand something1
companya group of people who sell things or work together1
focusto give all your attention to one thing1
idiota very stupid person1
mechanicaldone by a machine or about machines1
relationshiphow two people or things are connected1
thememain subject or idea1
miniaturevery small copy of something1
hopefullywith hope that something good will happen1
trustto believe someone is good and honest1
securitykeeping people and things safe1
casea box for keeping things or a situation1
mayorperson in charge of a city or town1
messdirty or untidy state1
moonlightthe light that comes from the moon at night1
hellplace some believe bad people go after death1
mentalabout the mind and thinking1
sourhaving a sharp taste like a lemon1
scarymaking you feel afraid1
typicalnormal and what you would think to see1
crushto press something until it breaks1
creationsomething new that was made1
waxa soft thing that gets hard when cool, used in candles1
scaredfeeling afraid1
oweto need to pay money back to someone1
charmquality that makes people like something1

B2 words in this episode B2

blahboring and not interesting7
eligiblemeeting the requirements to do or get something1
overrateto think something is better than it really is1
groundworkthe basic work needed before starting something bigger1
sugarlesswithout any sugar1
carcassdead body of an animal or empty shell1
dairyabout milk and foods made from milk1
trampleto step heavily on something and damage it1
monopolywhen one company controls all of something1
touchingmaking you feel sad or emotional in a good way1
boyishlooking or behaving like a young boy1
mopeda small, light motorbike1
technicallyaccording to the exact rules or facts1

Harder words (C1–C2)

vestibule C1 blackout C1 shush C1 perk C2 looter C2 atrium C2 officiate C1 rabbi C1 jewish C1 lesbianism C2 priesthood C1 mangle C2 loathe C1 impish C1 imp C1 superficial C1 poco C2 definitive C1

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Word counts come from the Friends transcripts of the Emory University character-mining corpus (Apache-2.0), cross-checked against subtitles from OpenSubtitles.org; we publish only numbers and word lists, never the dialogue. Levels (A1–C2) and translations come from the WordStudy dictionary. opensubtitles.org